Disorderly Contexts: ELAC Conference 2024

The session will discuss how to implement book clubs/literature circles that center on a specific theme, how to choose various novels, and how to run the book clubs for 4 weeks. The session will focus on how book clubs vary from -1 and -2 courses and from Gr 9-12. There will be a variety of novels that represent diverse authors as well as looking at how to build up a book club to grow choices within for students. There will be some ideas for future book clubs, potential novels that pair together, and ways to integrate poetry, film, visuals, nonfiction, and other material into the literature circle themes. Some themes discussed will be: Survival, Coming of Age, Social Justice, Dystopian, Personal Adversity, and Magical Realism.